Teen girl kidnapped from Navi Mumbai rescued from Secunderabad

A 15-year-old girl who was kidnapped from Panvel in neighboring Navi Mumbai on December 15 was on Saturday rescued from Secunderabad in Telangana, police said.

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A 23-year-old man has been arrested for the crime, an official of Navi Mumbai police's Anti Human Trafficking Cell said. "The girl had gone missing from Valmiki Nagar on December 15.

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Acted on a tip-off

A kidnapping case was registered. Acting on a tip-off, we landed in Secunderabad on December 19 and managed to rescue the girl and nab the man at the railway station there on Saturday," he said.

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The accused was identified as Kishore Suryavanshi, also a resident of Panvel, the official said.

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